Muhoozi Kainerugaba

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Nairobi, May 29, 2013--Ugandan police on Tuesday
assaulted and detained several journalists who were among a crowd of
demonstrators protesting the government's closure of four independent news
outlets, according to news reports and local journalists. The Committee to
Protect Journalists said today that the police actions only highlight the
government's continuing effort to suppress information concerning a supposed
assassination plot.

"Having silenced news outlets for coverage of a critical public issue, Ugandan authorities are now trying to suppress protesters who want to call attention to the censorship," said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. "The indefinite closure of these media outlets serves as a daily reminder that the government wants to deny its citizens important sources of news and information."

Nairobi, May 21, 2013--Ugandan police surrounded
the Kampala offices of two private newspapers for seven hours on Monday, barring
access to the premises, disabling printing presses, and effectively halting
publication indefinitely, according to news reports. The police said they had search
warrants to find documents related to a letter written by an army official that
described an assassination plot.

While Uganda's politicians
and social media are abuzz over a sensational letter reportedly written by a
top security official about a high-level assassination plot, police have
dutifully harassed the mainstream press in a bid to suppress the chatter.